Working with NASA's OSIRIS-REx team, the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) approved the theme "birds and bird-like creatures in mythology" for naming surface features on asteroid (101955) Bennu. OSIRIS-REx is NASA's first mission to bring...
A crow-like bird with a human's head. Special Properties: It is a nocturnal bird. Its meat is a cure for heatstrokes. Xiao Physical Description: A monkey-like bird with two pairs of wings, a single eye and a dog-like tail. Special Properties: The sound of its call is like that of...
[148] A story written during George’s lifetime suggests that he won Vanderbilt’s admiration by preparing Vanderbilt’s favorite game bird, canvas back duck when no one else in Saratoga Springs could. Crum had never cooked them before, since they weren’t found near Saratoga Springs, but he...